Here’s why I’m recommending “Pagan Christianity”.

 . . a book that’s NOT P.C. at all.

Pagan Christianity is definitely NOT “P.C.” The Churchians in our midst won’t appreciate this book one bit. We’ve been dumbing down The Body for years and, when God uses “Li’l Thinkers” like Frank Viola to start shining light in our dark places, many people get their knickers in a twist. Welcome to my world, paison! 

For starters, I liked the book the first time I read it. So, I just read this second version with George Barna’s input, another Author whose books I own. I like “PC” better this time. Maybe I’ve changed since reading the first one. Hope so. 

Secondly, I felt the Spirit led me to read it…and recommend it. The Church needs this information. I’m simply obeying the Lord.

Now that I’ve re-read the book, the latest version, that is, I double dawg dare every minister of every denomination to read this book. I triple dawg dare you to share it with friends after you do.

Well…go on.

To give you a flavor of what this book is about, I’ve pasted some excerpts below. Consider it a “test-drive.” Then go buy the book. Its’ shot WAAAY up the charts on Amazon.com. Perhaps it was re-leased for such a time as this? Hope you can handle it.

Every blessing,

Michael Tummillo

www.YourTown4Jesus.com

Excerpts from Pagan Christianity

“Each chapter tells the story of where this practice came from. But more importantly, it explains how this practice stifles the practical headship of Jesus Christ and hampers the functioning of His body.

Warning: If you are unwilling to have your Christianity seriously examined, do not read beyond this page. Give this book to Goodwill immediately! Spare yourself the trouble of having your Christian life turned upside down.

“As the official interpreters of God’s Word, the Pharisees were endowed with the power of creating tradition. They tacked on to the Word of God reams of human laws that were passed on to subsequent generations. This body of time-honored customs, often called “the tradition of the elders,” came to be viewed as being on equal par with Holy Writ . . . contemporary Christianity is guilty of the error of the Pharisees. That is, it has added a raft of humanly devised traditions that have suppressed the living, breathing, functional headship of Jesus Christ in His church.” (p. xvii-xviii)

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“The practices of the first-century church were the natural and spontaneous expression of the divine life that indwelt the early Christians. And those practices were solidly grounded in the timeless principles and teachings of the New Testament. By contrast, a great number of the practices in many contemporary churches are in conflict with those biblical principles and teachings. When we dig deeper, we are compelled to ask: Where did the practices of the contemporary church come from? The answer is disturbing: Most of them were borrowed from pagan culture. Such a statement short-circuits the minds of many Christians when they hear it. But it is unmovable, historical fact, as this book will demonstrate.” (p. xix)

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“Our reason for writing it is simple: We are seeking to remove a great deal of debris in order to make room for the Lord Jesus Christ.” (p. xx)

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“In short, this book demonstrates beyond dispute that those who have left the fold of institutional Christianity to become part of an organic church have a historical right to exist.” (p. xxi)

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“Does that mean we must go back to the Bible and do everything exactly as the disciples did between AD 30 and 60? No. Social and cultural shifts over the last two thousand years have made it impossible to imitate some of the lifestyle and religious efforts of the early church. For example, we use cell phones, drive in automobiles, and utilize central heat and air. The first-century Christians had none of these forms of human convenience. Therefore, adhering to the principles of the New Testament does not mean reenacting the events of the first-century church. If so, we would have to dress like all first-century believers did, in sandals and togas!

Also, just because a practice is picked up from culture does not make it wrong in and of itself, though we must be discerning. As author Frank Senn notes, “We cannot avoid bringing our culture to church with us; it is a part of our very being. But in the light of tradition we need to sort out those cultural influences that contribute to the integrity of Christian worship from those that detract from it.”

It is in our best interest to scour the words of God to determine the core principles and ethos of the early church and to restore those elements to our lives.  

If the truth be told, we Christians never seem to ask why we do what we do. Instead, we blithely carry out our religious traditions without asking where they came from. Most Christians who claim to uphold the integrity of God’s Word have never sought to see if what they do every Sunday has any scriptural backing. How do we know this? Because if they did, it would lead them to some very disturbing conclusions that would compel them by conscience to forever abandon what they are doing.” (p. xxix)

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“Strikingly, contemporary church thought and practice have been influenced far more by postbiblical historical events than by New Testament imperatives and examples. Yet most Christians are not conscious of this influence. Nor are they aware that it has created a slew of cherished, calcified, humanly devised traditions—all of which are routinely passed off to us as “Christian.” (p. 5)

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“It is clear that the Protestant order of worship did not originate with the Lord Jesus, the apostles, or the New Testament Scriptures. This in itself does not make the order of worship misguided. It just means it has no biblical basis. The use of chairs and pile carpets in Christian gatherings has no biblical support either. And both were invented by pagans. Nonetheless, who would claim that sitting in chairs or using carpets is “wrong” simply because they are postbiblical inventions authored by pagans? 

The fact is that we do many things in our culture that have pagan roots. Consider our accepted calendar. The days of our week and the months of our year are named after pagan gods. But using the accepted calendar does not make us pagans. 

So why is the Sunday morning order of worship a different matter than the type of chairs and carpeting we use in the place we worship? Not only is the traditional order of service unscriptural and heavily influenced by paganism (which runs contrary to what is often preached from the pulpit), it does not lead to the spiritual growth God intended. Consider the following . . . ” (p. 75)

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